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Gendered responses to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia [PDF]
This paper presents findings from a gendered analysis of resident responses to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires (wildfires) in Victoria, Australia. One hundred and seventy-three people lost their lives in the bushfires and more than 2000 houses were ...
Christine Eriksen +5 more
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Air Permeability of the Litter Layer in Broadleaf Forests
Fuel on the ground, such as leaves, twigs and decomposing matter, accumulate over time and account for a large percentage of the total fuel load in forests. In fire events, material on the ground is often referred to as a fuel bed.
Houzhi Wang +8 more
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Interim report: 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission
This Interim Report makes 51 recommendations and is the culmination of six months\u27 work, including four weeks of community consultations; examination of more than 1,260 submissions and eight weeks of public hearings involving a total of 87 witnesses.
Ronald McLeod +2 more
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Seamless climate change projections and seasonal predictions for bushfires in Australia [PDF]
Spatio-temporal variations in fire weather conditions are presented based on various data sets, with consistent approaches applied to help enable seamless services over different time scales. Recent research on this is shown here, covering climate change
Andrew J. Dowdy
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Metagenomic Insights Into Microbial Diversity of Tea Rhizosphere of the Kangra Valley
Tea rhizosphere microbial communities in Kangra Valley. ABSTRACT This study provides the first metagenomic assessment of microbial diversity from the tea rhizosphere of the Kangra valley. Tea rhizosphere soil samples were collected from 4 locations (Dharamshala, Baijnath, Palampur, and Joginder Nagar) of the Kangra valley.
Rishu Thakur +3 more
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SparkCloud: A Cloud-Based Elastic Bushfire Simulation Service
The accurate modeling of bushfires is not only complex and contextual but also a computationally intensive task. Ensemble predictions, involving several thousands to millions of simulations, can be required to capture and quantify the uncertain nature of
Saurabh Garg +3 more
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A framework for maximizing the benefit from retaining regrowth on private land
Abstract Conservation interventions often have lower‐than‐desired positive impacts, as revealed by retrospective counterfactual‐based evaluations. To address this, a prospective counterfactual‐based approach can be used to estimate potential benefits and design conservation interventions to maximize outcomes. We developed a framework for estimating the
Hannah Thomas +4 more
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Title devised by cataloguer from accompanying documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Part of the collection: Canberra bushfires, 18 January to 14 February 2003.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide ...
Miller, Tony.
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The 2019–20 summer bushfires in Australia resulted in significant loss and damage across Australia. This article focuses on the experiences of community-based, environmentally focused groups in the East Gippsland and northeast regions of Victoria after ...
Wright, Wendy +5 more
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Community education on the health impacts of bushfires: Evaluation of an online pilot short course in Tasmania, Australia. [PDF]
Bushfires and smoke pose substantial risks to physical and mental health across exposed populations. Enhanced community-level knowledge and response capability may promote exposure reduction and therefore protect health, however few interventions exist ...
Campbell, Sharon L. +6 more
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